How to use COBIT to improve IT Governance performance and prove the progress made? Read On!
ISACA’s COBIT framework provides governance and alignment guidance to the management of an organization.
COBIT was created to help organizations govern their IT functions in a more holistic way. By taking into account the needs of IT, auditing, and management together, COBIT can help create an effective governance strategy that covers the entire organization. Today, it is used by business process managers around the world to deliver value to their organizations and manage risks associated with IT processes. The COBIT control model guarantees the integrity of information systems.
Although COBIT is not a rulebook, it provides the essential structure and rules for governing, managing, and using information and technology in a controlled manner. However, it is not mandatory to adopt COBIT in its entirety. Each organization can use the framework to meet their specific needs as they see fit.
COBIT provides CIOs with invaluable tools to effectively use their resources and personnel. However, its complexity can make it difficult to use; it requires a substantial amount of expertise to implement. Additionally, it is not a given that COBIT-defined activities are interpreted the same way by two separate people which can lead to incomparable results even on the same assessment.
These issues make real world implementation of COBIT a challenge for most organizations. Fortunately, there is help. Case studies provide us invaluable guidance on the contextual meaning of COBIT, best practices for its effective implementation, and illustrative examples of its use in the real world.
We refer you to an excellent case study on COBIT. CIOs can learn how to improve IT Governance performance using COBIT and measure the results to prove the progress made.
The case study will help you understand:
- What is IT Governance?
- What is Corporate Governance?
- What is the Corporate Governance of IT?
- What is COBIT Framework?
- How to evaluate COBIT against other IT Governance Frameworks?
- Why should an organization implement COBIT? What are its benefits?
- How does COBIT improve IT Governance performance?
- How to measure and track results?
These concepts are applied to an organization in real world conditions, then, using a modeling tool, IT Performance is assessed to validate results. The results of the assessment and maturity levels of the different processes are compared and evaluated. This step by step process from collecting data to analyzing results is demonstrated and the maturity of COBIT processes is presented.
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